GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| stem_from | arise from; originate from |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| chaotic | marked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| demerit | offense |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |